The Dr. G Clinic has helped people of all ages to improve their
cardiovascular using Acupuncture and holistic medicine
since 2006. We are experts in the field of Traditional
Chinese Medicine (TCM) and improving the quality of life
for our patients is our mission.

Acupuncture as
a complementary method provides optimal conditions for
ear-nose-throat specialist, particularly when ear,
skull, and facial acupuncture
are used. Using points of these systems,
pain conditions and functional disorders as well as
specific indications such as rhinitis, sinusitis,
and pharyngitis can be treated successfully. Acupuncture
therapy is performed quickly and without
side effects.

Recent studies indicate that Traditional Chinese
Medicine therapy including
herbal medicines and acupuncture for
children is well tolerated, safe, and effective. There
are also promising clinical and objective improvements
in many health conditions treated with holistic medicine
in the pediatric population.

Asthma
8.3% of children under 18 years of age have asthma
according to the Center for Disease Control.
Childhood asthma (pediatric asthma) is the most common
serious chronic disease in infants and children; yet is
often difficult to diagnose. In infants and children,
asthma may appear as:

Some children have symptoms
only when exercising or playing a sport. This is called
exercise-induced bronchospasm. Childhood asthma, just
like asthma in adults, can't be cured. But with the
right medications and treatment plan, symptoms can be
controlled. This is extremely important in order to
prevent damage to growing lungs.

Risk factors for developing
childhood asthma include:

·Allergies·Family
history of allergies and/or asthma·Frequent
respiratory infections·Low
birth weight·Second-hand
smoke before and/or after birth·Growing
up in a low income, urban environment

For
clinical research on asthma and acupuncture, please
visit the links below.

Behavioral Problems
Behavioral problems such as attention deficit disorder
(with or without hyperactivity) can often be solved
holistically with nutrition and lifestyle factors. For
parents who do not wish to medicate their children,
acupuncture is a viable option as well. See link to
study below for more information.

Acupuncture has
even contributed to the academic success of the children
who underwent acupuncture treatment
for their primary symptoms. It can improve focus,
concentration, memory and behavior in school children
who were researched (see link below).

Cough
Cough is the most common pediatric health concerns and
it is more common in preschool children than in older
children. Two out of 3 children aged between 0 and 4
years have acute respiratory infections at least yearly,
and up to three-quarters of them will have coughs. Most
coughs are caused by acute viral infections, and 7% to
12% of coughs are due to asthma; all other causes are
rare. In Australia 11.4% of child coughs were due to
asthma, and only 1.2% were caused by pneumonia; in Dutch
general practice, only 1.9% of coughs were due to
pneumonia. With the exception of 0.3% due to whooping
cough, all other coughs were the result of acute viral
infections. Most coughs in children are caused by
undifferentiated acute respiratory tract infections—a
cough that does not conform to any clear diagnostic
syndrome such as croup, whooping cough, pneumonia, or
bronchiolitis.

As with adults, children’s cough, whether described as a
symptom of “upper respiratory tract infection” or “acute
bronchitis,” is the most frequently managed acute
presentation in primary care. These 2 diagnoses
represent at least 75% of all coughs seen. Of the other
causes, asthma is the most common; other, potentially
dangerous, causes are much less common.

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been documented to help treat
coughs caused by all of these conditions. There is an
article below with more information.

Digestive Problems
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
(GERD)
and functional dyspepsia (FD) are common problems in the
pediatric population, with up to 7% of school-age
children and up to 8% of adolescents suffering from
epigastric pain, heartburn, and regurgitation. Reflux is
defined as the passage of stomach contents into the
esophagus, while GERD refers
to reflux symptoms
that are associated with symptoms or complications-such
as pain, asthma, aspiration pneumonia, or chronic cough.
Functional dyspepsia is a persistent upper abdominal
pain or discomfort, not related to bowel movements, and
without any organic cause, that is present for at least
two months prior to diagnosis.

During the last decades, numerous studies have been
performed to investigate the effects and mechanisms of acupuncture
on gastrointestinal motility and patients with
functional gastrointestinal diseases. A PubMed search
was performed on this topic and all available studies
published in English have been reviewed and evaluated.
This review is organized based on the gastrointestinal
organ (from the esophagus to the colon), components of
gastrointestinal motility and the functional diseases
related to specific motility disorders. It was found
that the effects of acupuncture
on gastrointestinal motility were fairly consistent.. A
number of clinical studies have been published,
investigating the therapeutic effects of acupuncture on
a number of functional gastrointestinal diseases, such
as gastroesophageal
reflux, functional dyspepsia and irritable
bowel syndrome. In summary, acupuncture
is able to alter gastrointestinal motility functions and
improve gastrointestinal motility disorders.

The causes of vomiting differ according to age. For
children, it is common for vomiting to occur from a viral
infection, food poisoning, milk allergy,
motion sickness, overeating or feeding, coughing,
or blocked intestines and illnesses in which the child
has a high fever.

The timing of the nausea or vomiting can indicate the cause. When
appearing shortly after a meal, nausea or vomiting may
be caused by food
poisoning, gastritis (inflammation of the stomach
lining), an ulcer, or bulimia. Nausea or vomiting one to
eight hours after a meal may also indicate food
poisoning. However, certain food- borne bacteria, such
as salmonella, can take longer to produce symptoms.

Ear Infections
An ear infection is an inflammation of the middle ear,
usually caused by virus, bacteria, or food allergy that
occurs when fluid builds up behind the eardrum. Anyone
can get an ear infection, but children get them more
often than adults. Five out of six children will have at
least one ear infection by their third birthday. In
fact, ear infections are the most common reason parents
bring their child to a doctor. The scientific name for
an ear infection is otitis media (OM).

Holistic medicine can strengthen the immune system and
help to prevent infection conditions from developing.
Even if a person (child or adult) is exposed to
pathogens, their immune system can resolve the matter
before they become sick with a full blown illness. Often
times at the early onset of an infection, if it is
treated with vitamin, herbal medicine, rest, and good
nutrition and hydration, the sickness can be nipped in
the bud and the individual can resume the activities of
their daily living without manifesting the full-blown
sickness.

Sleep Problems
Sleep disorders in infants, children and adolescents are
common. Studies have shown that poor sleep quality
and/or quantity in children are associated with a host
of problems, including academic, behavioral,
developmental and social difficulties, weight
abnormalities, and other health problems. Not only do
pediatric sleep problems affect child health, but they
can impact family dynamics and parental or sibling
sleep. Children may suffer from problems falling or
staying asleep; physiological problems such as
obstructive sleep apnea abnormal or disruptive behaviors
during sleep such as sleepwalking or other parasomnias
symptoms that occur near sleep onset such as restless
legs syndrome, and daytime symptoms such as excessive
sleepiness, cataplexy and
others. While adults may suffer from the same problems,
the etiology, presentation, and associated findings in
children may be very different than those seen in
adults. In addition, developmental aspects of childhood
play an important role in pediatric sleep, such as in
the cases of early childhood insomnias and adolescent delayed
sleep phase syndrome.

One of the “side-benefits” of acupuncture is improved
sleep! People often come in for something else and they
observe many other improvements in their health and
wellbeing including: sleep, energy, mood, and overall
sense of wellbeing. The link below is to a study which
demonstrates the efficacy of acupuncture in treating
sleep disturbances.